bilro
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pilūlus, diminutive of pila (“ball”), from earlier birlo.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: bil‧ro
Noun
editbilro m (plural bilros)
- bobbin (in a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread)
- bobbin lace (a hand-made lace in which the thread is wound around bobbins on a padded cushion)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa, 1995
Further reading
edit- bilro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt